How long is the mass effect 1 campaign?

Mass Effect 1
The first game of the series is the shortest of the three in regards to its base single-player campaign, sitting at around 18 hours to complete.
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How long does it take to beat Mass Effect 1?

Time to Beat on a Game by Game Basis

The original Mass Effect is easily the shortest with the second two games about equal in their running time. Mass Effect 1: 15-30 hours depending on playstyle. Mass Effect 1 w/ DLC: 17 – 32 hours.
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How long does it take to 100% Mass Effect 1?

When focusing on the main objectives, Mass Effect is about 17 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 43 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Is Mass Effect 1 short?

The original Mass effect is the shortest game of the three. Players can expect to beat it in just under 20 hours if they simply make their way through the main story, or about 30 hours if they also try complete all side content.
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How long is the Mass Effect 2 campaign?

Mass Effect 2 can easily take anywhere from 25 to 50 hours to complete, especially depending on the player's skill level and investment in other non-story missions.
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How Long Will It Take To Beat Mass Effect Legendary Edition?



Is Mass Effect 1 or 2 better?

In comparison, Mass Effect 2 seems to be much more gameplay-focused than story-heavy. For one, the crew is much larger, including only a couple of familiar faces from Mass Effect 1, but making up for it by introducing around a dozen new characters to serve as part of Shepard's crew.
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How long is Mass Effect 3 campaign?

The Main Story Length For Mass Effect 3

While an average playthrough of Mass Effect 3 will last somewhere between 25-35 hours, completionists will find themselves tacking an extra 15 hours into that total.
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Is Mass Effect 1 A good game?

Even though there's some degree of clunkiness still present in the original Mass Effect, it's definitely worth playing today. It does a good job of kicking off the trilogy, and at times it feels more focused than either of its sequels.
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Can I skip first Mass Effect?

In this scenario you can hang back, using support powers or sniper fire to assist your squad as they rip through enemies. This will in turn just let you enjoy the narrative and the atmosphere, which is excellent. This is a band-aid, but it's good enough. Basically, Don't skip Mass Effect 1.
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Is Mass Effect 2 or 3 longer?

BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have confirmed that Mass Effect 3 is longer than Mass Effect 2. “It's longer than Mass Effect 2,” Muzyka told IGN when asked how long it had taken him to finish the game.
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Does Mass Effect 1 have romance?

Whether you play as a Male Shepard or Female Shepard, you have two romance options in Mass Effect 1: Kaidan Alenko, a reserved soldier who is talented with biotics. Female Shepard only. Liara T'Soni, a curious but knowledgeable Asari scientist. Available for any Shepard.
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Can you romance Tali in Mass Effect 1?

Though Tali may leave Shepard's command at the end of Mass Effect 1, she returns in 2, this time, as a love interest only for male Commander Shepard. Some might find it unfortunate that Tali can't be romanced in Mass Effect 1, but if they continue on with the trilogy, her story arc is rewarding.
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Does Mass Effect 1 have DLC?

Mass Effect 1 only includes one piece of DLC in the Legendary Edition: Bring Down the Sky: Traverse a huge asteroid in the M35 Mako to stop Batarians from wiping out all life on one of Humanity's most successful colonies.
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How long is the Omega DLC?

Condominas attributes the DLC's length of roughly four hours to the freedom offered to the designers throughout its development. "We don't see that a lot in the industry as a whole," he says.
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Can I play Mass Effect 2 first?

Yes - You can understand the story of Mass effect 2 even if you skip playing the first part in the series. You will stumble initially but you will come around if you don't take the storyline very seriously.
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Is Mass Effect open world?

Despite BioWare's recent trend towards open world games, the original Mass Effect trilogy was not open world. Instead, the first three games were known for their more linear levels.
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Is Mass Effect overrated?

Although in many ways one could also argue that the series is actually underrated, especially when compared to other bigger names. As such here are the various ways that the Mass Effect series is an incredibly overrated franchise while in many ways being underrated as well.
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Who is the best romance in Mass Effect?

Liara T'Soni

Liara's status as by far the best long-term romance option in the original Mass Effect game is already reason enough to rank her high on this list, but her lofty placement is really all about how your relationship with Liara evolves across the trilogy.
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Is Mass Effect a horror game?

There is an innate horror to Mass Effect 2 on the surface, but the game never quite wants to make it the focus. The Collectors are body snatchers, and that makes them innately horrific, but the story never tries to make them horror characters.
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Is Mass Effect difficult?

When it comes to Mass Effect 3, the difficulties are a little bit different. Narrative difficulty level is even easier than Casual, truly making it for those who simply want to enjoy the game's story. Playing on Narrative, your party will feel overpowered, making combat rather pointless.
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Does Legendary Edition Fix the ending?

BioWare had confirmed it would not change the ending of ME3 for Legendary Edition — no more than it did when it released the Extended Cut DLC. So there's no “fixing” the ending of Mass Effect 3.
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Is the remastered Mass Effect worth it?

In our opinion, yes, Mass Effect Legendary Edition is absolutely worth it. While there are still some bugs and niggly UI issues, the scale of which EA and BioWare have managed to remaster the trilogy is very impressive. All three games have never looked better, even if they do show their age at times.
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How long is mass effect Andromeda campaign?

When focusing on the main objectives, Mass Effect: Andromeda is about 18 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 94 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Is me3 timed?

They have no time limit, but each mission must be completed before the next becomes available.
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